Bethel University
Resources
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Note: Many of these were taken from http://www.tcuceo.org/'s list. They have an amazing entrepreneurship program! Please check them out!
Digital Resources
- http://www.deed.state.mn.us/publications
- Five most important lessons
- Y Combinator
- Business Week
- Business 2.0
- Dallas Business Journal
- Dallas Morning News Business
- Entrepreneur.com
- Fast Company
- The Financial Times
- Forbes
- Fort Worth Business Press
- Fort Worth Star Telegram Business
- Fortune
- Inc.
- The New York Times Business
- Red Herring
- San Jose Mercury News Business Tech
- Success
- The Times of London Business
- Trizoko Biz Journal: Helping Your Business Change The Freakin' World
- Upside
- The Wall Street Journal ASIA
- The Wall Street Journal EUROPE
- The Wall Street Journal USA
- ZDnet Entrepreneurship News
Web site's
Starting Your Business
- Score.gov
- AllBusiness.com
- BPlans.com
- Inc's Art of Writing A Business Plan
- Invention City
- MIT's Aspiring Entrepreneur & Inventor's Online Handbook
- SBA Business Plan Basics
Funding Your Business
Entrepreneurial Law
- About the "DBA" Sole Proprietorship
- About the Texas LLC
- Entrepreneur.com Legal Section
- Tarrant County Assumed Names (d/b/a) Filing Information
Government
- Department of Labor
- Internal Revenue Service
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Small Business Administration
- US Patent and Trademark Office
Research Companies In Your Industry
Resources for Non-Business Majors
- Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students
- Entrepreneurship for Art Majors
- Life Sciences Entrepreneurship
Books
- Branson, Richard. Losing My Virginity. This biography discusses how a young entrepreneur developed the Virgin empire of airlines, music companies, and other enterprises with the launch of a newspaper called "STUDENT."
- DeGeorge, Gail. The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit, and Videotape. This biography profiles the lifelong entrepreneurial experiences of Huizenga as he built Waste Management and Blockbuster Video.
- Lowenstein, Roger. Buffett, The Making of an American Capitalist. Warren Buffett is the most successful long term investor in the United States and owner of two major Fort Worth companies, Acme Brick and Justin Boots. Read this profile of the entrepreneurial and financial challenges he overcame in creating Berkshire Hathaway.
- Marcus, Stanley. The Viewpoints of Stanley Marcus: A Ten-Year Perspective. This biography details the launch of Neiman Marcus stores, now owned by Fort Worth investment group, Texas Pacific.
- Schultz, Howard. Pour Your Heart Into It. This biography profiles the rise of Starbucks from one store in Seattle to more than 3,000 around the world.
- Welch, Jack. Straight From The Gut. As much a operations book as a biography, there is a reason that many companies have made this "required" reading by all members of management. Jack Welch is the former Chairman of General Electric.
- Young, Jeffrey S. iCon, Steve Jobs The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business. For all students toting an iPod around campus, read this story about the man behind Apple.
Finance
- Rickersten, Rick. BUYOUT, The Insider's Guide to Buying Your Own Company.
Management
- Bossidy, Larry and Charan, Ram. EXECUTION, The Discipline of Getting Things Done.
Organization and Time Management
- Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.